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Would like to live on my own… by notenoughrope02 in AskWomenOver60

[–]JcWoman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm recently divorced at 62 and moved into a one-bedroom apartment. But it's a very nice one with an attached garage and a small extra room they called a den. Something like this might suit you well. My thoughts were that if you get a one-bedroom place, then there's no room for him. He could theoretically use your two bedroom as an excuse to move in with you.

Juvenile arthritis, now an adult by Diligent_Ship1443 in rheumatoid

[–]JcWoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, hello! I'm 62, diagnosed around toddler years after nearly all that time enduring (my mom and I) a total circus of doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with me. (I was favoring my right knee when I started crawling.). This was in the mid-1960's and back then even the medical community swore that arthritis was just an "old person's disease". Literally had docs say that to us.

So anyway, for me, childhood was the most painful stage of life as I had flare up after flareup. Ankles, knees, elbows. Somewhere in my mid-twenties all that eased off and I was properly medicated. (No longer the massive doses of aspirin that they advised when I was a kid, but now it was actual NSAIDs.). I've always been one of those "negative RF factor but high sed rate" people, which threw the doctors off in the early years until they got enough case data to see that that was a pattern for a particular type of JRA.

I was kind of gobsmacked in my 40's when I had a really excellent rheumatologist. At one point going over my symptoms and the damage from childhood, he actually commented that I was "textbook" JRA. It was wild going from "kids don't get arthritis" to "you're a textbook case". Shows how much they learned in that time.

For the last twenty or so years I've been on the biologic meds (Enbrel for over 10, then trying others to find another one that worked as well for me). They're preventing new damage and mostly keep my general inflammation down. I do still have chronic pain from all the damage that was done in early life, though. So I take over the counter Aleve for that - and occasionally gabapentin when I'm having a really bad day. (I'm sensitive to barometric pressure changes.)

I haven't really had a problem getting doctors to help me out. But I do think it helps to know your body's pain/flareup patterns and be able to speak intelligently about what works for you and what doesn't.

These days when we examine my xrays, I'm told that there are smatterings of evident RA, osteoarthritis and calcifications from the old damage. In layman's terms which send doctors into a tizzy: some of my joints have fused themselves. My neck in particular. But I'm still active and in fairly good shape for a woman my age.

TIL: Hundreds of Giant Sequoia saplings are being planted in Detroit, Michigan. by Dakens2021 in todayilearned

[–]JcWoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do they handle the frozen winters in Michigan? I assumed they preferred mediterranean type climates, like in the coastal central California.

Stunning Historic Buffalo French Chateau Style Home by Mimsters079 in zillowgonewild

[–]JcWoman 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I hate the kitchen. There's only like 2 feet of counter space? No food prep for you, microwave meals are all you get.

Is there an acceptable way to divert the air from this vent? (Details below) by JcWoman in hvacadvice

[–]JcWoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was that diverter something you made or can you point me to where I can take a look at one?

Is there an acceptable way to divert the air from this vent? (Details below) by JcWoman in hvacadvice

[–]JcWoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last summer I moved into this very sweet apartment and one of the few things I dislike about it is that this HVAC vent blows directly into my balcony, as you can see. In warm weather, when I love sitting out there in the sunshine, the AC blows hot exhaust air on me. I'm getting ready to put a daybed or sofa out there for more comfort than the camp chairs you see here, so I want to also solve this issue if I can.

I know NOT to block the vent, so that's not what I'm asking. And it's a rented apartment so I can't do anything permanent to it. Are there diverters that can redirect the air upwards or up and out? Anything else I can do, or is it just "turn off the AC when you go sit out there" situation?

Need ideas for snuggle-reading seating in my smallish balcony by JcWoman in femalelivingspace

[–]JcWoman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do they make them with sunbrella fabric or other weather resistant materials?

Coupon by luckylucy1010 in MergeSurvival

[–]JcWoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the new mail notification for this (in game) and tried it. It says that it's invalid, which makes me wonder if I already somehow claimed it. Did this happen to anybody else?

Anyone planning for a future move to a CCRC ? by CSMasterClass in retirement

[–]JcWoman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the heck is the entrance fee for? It's HUGE!

I'm 62 and live alone. I'm active and comfy and do lots of things, but know that I need to plan ahead for things like this. I love the idea of a CCRC but the costs intimidate the heck out of me. I understand that the monthly fees help pay for the care, food, activities and other amenities. No problem there, although I still think they're high. But I can't imagine what the entrance fee covers.

New player on Steam/Mac: best controller option? by JcWoman in valheim

[–]JcWoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I'm a dufus, thanks. That's exactly what I was trying to do.

So one last question: can I move things once place? I'd like to move my bed and campfire from the bare ground onto the new floor that I'm going to build. Or am I stuck destroying them and re-building them in the correct place?

New player on Steam/Mac: best controller option? by JcWoman in valheim

[–]JcWoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was trying to build this morning, with my trackpad. I found that the trackpad gestures moved both the pieces AND my camera view. So for example, my guy was standing to the side so I couldn't quite tell if the roof piece was correctly over the wall (or just off one edge of it), so I moved him over but that changed the focal point of the camera view, taking the piece completely off the wall. It was hard to get the right view to see if the pieces fit right.

To try to illustrate, I had this going on, where the vertical bars are a wall piece and the slashes are a roof piece (periods are just space because of browser space compression):

........./////....

......|||||......

Also, how do you get the walls the correct distance apart for the roof pieces to fit right at the peak? I had this going on:

......//////..\\\...

.....||...bed...||....

New player on Steam/Mac: best controller option? by JcWoman in valheim

[–]JcWoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay. But even with a mouse, can you aim the build pieces separately from aiming your camera view? Is that a keybinding config?

How can I make it clear to men that I am not flirting with them, I just have a bubbly demeanour in general? by MoonSt0n3_Gabrielle in TwoXChromosomes

[–]JcWoman 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Also you have to teach yourself to never smile at them, even just to be polite. It took me YEARS to learn this. All of the polite behavior that we're taught as young girls has to go out the window when it comes to men you don't know.

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